To provide employment for the poor, and support for the indigent, is a…

James Madison
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To provide employment for the poor, and support for the indigent, is among the primary, and, at the same time, not least difficult cares of the public authority. ✨ James Madison (1867). 1816-1828, p.162
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To provide employment for the poor, and support for the indigent, is among the primary, and, at the same time, not least difficult cares of the public authority. ✨ James Madison (1867). 1816-1828, p.162

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